Abstract
We analyze a recent conjecture regarding the perturbative construction of nonlinear deformations of all classically duality-invariant theories, including N=8 supergravity. Starting with an initial quartic deformation, we engineer a procedure that generates a particular nonlinear deformation (Born-Infeld) of the Maxwell theory. This procedure requires the introduction of an infinite number of modifications to a constraint which eliminates degrees of freedom consistent with the duality and field content of the system. We discuss the extension of this procedure to N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric theories, and comment on its potential to either construct new supergravity theories with nonlinear Born-Infeld type duality, or to constrain the finiteness of N=8 supergravity.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 025007 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Jan 18 2012 |
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- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Covariant procedures for perturbative nonlinear deformation of duality-invariant theories. / Carrasco, John Joseph M.; Kallosh, Renata; Roiban, Radu.
In: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 85, No. 2, 025007, 18.01.2012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Covariant procedures for perturbative nonlinear deformation of duality-invariant theories
AU - Carrasco, John Joseph M.
AU - Kallosh, Renata
AU - Roiban, Radu
PY - 2012/1/18
Y1 - 2012/1/18
N2 - We analyze a recent conjecture regarding the perturbative construction of nonlinear deformations of all classically duality-invariant theories, including N=8 supergravity. Starting with an initial quartic deformation, we engineer a procedure that generates a particular nonlinear deformation (Born-Infeld) of the Maxwell theory. This procedure requires the introduction of an infinite number of modifications to a constraint which eliminates degrees of freedom consistent with the duality and field content of the system. We discuss the extension of this procedure to N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric theories, and comment on its potential to either construct new supergravity theories with nonlinear Born-Infeld type duality, or to constrain the finiteness of N=8 supergravity.
AB - We analyze a recent conjecture regarding the perturbative construction of nonlinear deformations of all classically duality-invariant theories, including N=8 supergravity. Starting with an initial quartic deformation, we engineer a procedure that generates a particular nonlinear deformation (Born-Infeld) of the Maxwell theory. This procedure requires the introduction of an infinite number of modifications to a constraint which eliminates degrees of freedom consistent with the duality and field content of the system. We discuss the extension of this procedure to N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric theories, and comment on its potential to either construct new supergravity theories with nonlinear Born-Infeld type duality, or to constrain the finiteness of N=8 supergravity.
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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.025007
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